Season trivia for Premjer-Liha 2018/2019
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2018/2019 Premjer-Liha season in Ukraine.
Best scoring couple
The top goal-scoring pair, in other words two players where one scored the goal and the other player assisted to it, were Júnior Moraes and Taison. Together they were behind 6 goals for Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2018/2019 season.
Fastest goalscorer
Denys Favorov, playing in Desna Chernihiv, was the fastest scorer this season. In the match between Arsenal Kyiv-Desna Chernihiv, he scored in the very first minute of the match.
Fastest hat-trick
Dentinho, playing for Shakhtar Donetsk, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 28 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Shakhtar Donetsk-Mariupol.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In May 2019, Arni Vilhjalmsson (Chornomorets Odesa) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2018/2019 season.
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 3 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Marian Shved (Karpaty Lviv)
Viktor Tsyhankov (Dynamo Kiev)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2018/2019 season was Júnior Moraes in Shakhtar Donetsk, in total he did it 9 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Viktor Tsyhankov in Dynamo Kiev during the 2018/2019 season, in total he did this 7 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2018/2019 season was Viktor Tsyhankov, in total he scored 7 penalties for his Dynamo Kiev.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 8 penalty goals were Karpaty Lviv and Dynamo Kiev.
Most stoppage time goals by player
Marian Shved was the player who scored the most stoppage time goals during the 2018/2019 season, in total he scored 2 stoppage time goals for his Karpaty Lviv.
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Karpaty Lviv was the best team, in total they scored 4 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by team
Mariupol scored 4 own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2018/2019 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 4 players who scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, and the players who achieved this were:
Serhiy Myakushko (Karpaty Lviv)
Viktor Tsyhankov (Dynamo Kiev)
Bruno Duarte (FC Lviv)
Matar Dieye (Olimpik Donetsk)
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Viktor Tsyhankov in Dynamo Kiev who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 4 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Viktor Tsyhankov in Dynamo Kiev scored or assisted in 5 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Júnior Moraes in Shakhtar Donetsk who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Viktor Tsyhankov in Dynamo Kiev scored a total of 10 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premjer-Liha during the 2018/2019 season.
Most consecutive wins
Dynamo Kiev was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2018/2019 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Oleksandriya were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2018/2019 season, playing 8 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Chornomorets Odesa had a streak of 9 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Premjer-Liha during the 2018/2019 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Olimpik Donetsk managed the feat of not winning a single match in 12 consecutive matches during the 2018/2019 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Mariupol were best at during the 2018/2019 season, they came back to win 4 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Arsenal Kyiv, FC Lviv and Olimpik Donetsk were the teams that struggled most to win despite taking the lead, these teams blew a lead and lost in 3 different matches during the 2018/2019 season.
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